I really noticed it when instead of thinking how to solve X, my mind started phrasing a prompt to ask how to solve X instead, does that make sense? I found this to be a dangerous, almost evil thing, and I’m sure it is the same with my coworkers, or they just don’t like to admit it. I still do this sometimes but am giving my best to unlearn it. And the crazy thing is, I did not even use it that much, only very occasionally, similar to what you mentioned you do. I do not wish to know how cooked the brains of “vibe coders” are by now…

Thanks :) Yeah, I didn’t show the ugly parts perhaps, haha. Especially the libadwaita apps (like Nautilus). I used to rice a lot more but don’t have so much time/patience for it now, and I think the current solution will stay for a while. Previously, I would have everything in one color scheme, i.e. bars, terminal, apps, editor, … but it is a bunch of work to maintain. So previously it would look something like this:

At a standup meeting, CEO asked whether we use AI and I was the only one who said that I don’t use it at all, or very rarely, starting a little discussion. Overall, their position is somewhat moderate. They do fall for the hype a lot (especially with the recent Claude stuff) but it did not seem that it was a requirement for us to use it. But they were curious why I do not embrace this so much and I said that I can feel myself getting more and more stupid when using these tools, due to the mental offloading. This seemed to resonate a bit with the others, at least I could feel that my coworkers in the round got my point, despite remaining silent.

Coworker recently came to my desk and jokingly asked why I was typing out code by hand when I could ask Claude to generate it for me, but there was also a bit of seriousness to it, so I cringed a lot

As I said, I personally wouldn’t do that in my free time, especially not every single day… because I’m too lazy haha

When you can only commute with a car, yeah it’s dumb. However, I have a daily commute of 1 hour with my bicycle and it’s a great way to get some exercise. In this regard it’s forcing me to move my body, which I otherwise probably wouldn’t in my free time. Gym of life.

Unfortunately, it is the only way my SO got paint tool SAI 2 with pen pressure working under Linux…

Plus, your source files would also have to actually be in that format. As an example, Spotify apparently supports up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC only

The observation is that most USB-C to 3.5mm (“aux jack”) audio dongles are supporting high quality audio but only support the USB Full Speed (FS) data rate which is not enough for the high quality audio. This causes problems.

It’s awesome! I used FreeCAD and OpenSCAD before and I think I will stick to solvespace for new projects. FreeCAD is OK but quite buggy and the parametric design is a pain. OpenSCAD is also great and I still use it for some things. I think parametric design is cool, but 99/100 times it is completely unnecessary for me and solvespace made me realize this. I initially disliked being unable to define variables for dimensions (and re-using them) but again it’s often overkill and disrupts the flow quite a bit, so suddenly you would spend hours defining parameters and calculations that you wouldn’t use anyways. TLDR: YAGNI basically. Also, solvespace is pretty :) What about you?

Or just make your whole game about your pet

yup, my thoughts exactly, don’t really see a any benefit for using USB-C here. What would be good of course is to have any standard at all for these connectors.

That’s what I thought too, initially. But then I thought that maybe there is a good reason for the specific 54.6V figure. But I didn’t dig deeper

Don’t really have a clue about e-bikes. But looking through some e-bike chargers on Amazon, they have maybe 100 W to 200 W. USB-PD (EPR) apparently supports up to 240 W. Do note that the e-bike chargers are rated at 54.6 V, though, while PD only supports up to 48 V, and I guess the higher voltage might be required for the cell chemistry. So idk if it would be possible to design your batteries around the USB spec. In any case, you would need a separate charger and special cable to support 5 A over USB anyways.

This is the classical understanding of it. Determinism basically says “given some initial state of the universe, you can pre-determine the end state before it happened”. E.g. there would be enough information at any point in the timeline of the universe before the 9/11 terrorist attack to infer that it will happen, just like with your coin flip example. So the question becomes whether true randomness exists. If it does, then it will have a major say in how the universe evolves between its beginning and 9/11, due to how chaotic systems work. Your coin flip example is a typical argument against true randomness, but modern quantum mechanics challenge this point of view, opening up some more interpretations. I suggest the Wikipedia article on Determinism. It has some very interesting points.

I don’t have a great scientific answer. But if you follow the advice from the guy in your profile picture, training your own mind and acting skillfully would on average have the best chance to inspire others to do the same

I agree. But the cool thing about it is that you can change it (on an individual level) if you pay attention. It’s just kind of hard. But I guess it is not something to expect on a broad scale, given the course of humanity

Even radar would not cause cancer. At least not that I know of

I know them only from a feature with Soft Lipa but never really checked them out separately. Gotta do that!

Thanks a lot :) I do know Giraffes? Giraffes! a bit, and I’m also a great fan of math rock. This is also something my friends don’t understand haha. I think all of your recommendations are awesome after checking them out! I will definitely put some of those in my music library. I liked Peela a lot, feels almost like a more modern blend of T-Square and Casiopea.

Absolutely! These are the obvious ones, maybe you already know them:

• T-Square
  • “TRUTH” is an absolute classic, just like “サーキットの放浪者”, and “Travellers”
• Casiopea
  • I think “Be” is my favourite Album, but all are solid
• Masayoshi Takanaka
  • the rainbow goblin album is my favourite, I think
  • I watch this one when I’m sad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDK5Bluh5A

And then also some that are maybe lesser known (no particular order):

• Katsumi Horii Project
  • They have quite a lot of songs. “Way to morning” or “Flashback” are good examples. I also like “Jungle of Heaven”
• Trix
  • “ECCENTRIX” is really nice, just like “An Index”
• Dimension
• Himiko Kikuchi
• Naniwa Express
• Yuji Toriyama
• Chikara Ueda & The Power Station
• Toshiki Kadomatsu
• The Gran Turismo soundtrack also has some hidden Gems here and there

I think what I like about this genre is that it combines very catchy melodies/riffs and chord progressions with really creative jazzy solos. I have not really found much recent stuff (>2010), though. But I can recommend SOIL & Pimp Sessions. They are more recent and more traditional-jazz-oriented.

Bonus if you like light prog/math rock: Check out Elephant Gym. Spring Rain (春雨) is one of my favourite songs.